Activities Calendar

Tuesday

Nov 4, 2003 at 12:01 AM

The Christmas Parade will be 6:30 p.m. Dec. 8 in downtown Tuscaloosa. Entries are being accepted for decorated vehicles, floats, marching groups, school, religious and commercial entries for the parade through Nov. 14. Cost is $20 for judged entries and $10 for non-judged. Pick up forms at any PARA office. Call 562-3230.

Youth

Rockin' and Rollin' 7-9 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Phelps Activity Center. Take skates. Cost is $4 per person. Open to grades K-5.

One-day camps are available 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Nov. 11 and Nov. 26 at the McAbee Activity Center. Cost is $20 per day per child. Call 562-3230.

Senior citizens

The line dance class is 10-11 a.m. Wednesdays at McAbee Activity Center. The cost is $2 per session.

A free exercise class designed for seniors is 9-10 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the McDonald Hughes Community Center.

Call 562-3215.

Therapeutic recreation

The Dinner and a Movie group will depart Bowers Park at 5 p.m. and return approximately 9:30 p.m. Friday. Cost is $20, cash per person.

The Bates Turkey Luncheon trip is Nov. 20. Visit Priester's Pecan Company and the Russell Stover Candy Company in Greenville. There will be a holiday luncheon at Bates Turkey. Cost is $20 per person, which includes transportation only. Registration deadline is Nov. 17.

Register now for trips to New York, New England, Kentucky, Amish country and others.

Tuscaloosa High School class of 1974 reunion planning meeting 2:30 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church. E-mail glasslpr@comcast.net or geeashcraft@att.net.

Family activities

Smithsonian Caves Exhibit

UA's Alabama Museum of Natural History will host a new Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit, "Caves: A Fragile Wilderness" through Jan. 25, 2004 in Smith Hall, 427 Sixth Ave. on the UA campus.

Museum hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children and retirees. Call 348-7550 or visit the Web site at amnh.ua.edu.

Food for Fitness

Donate 10 canned food items for the YMCA's canned food drive during November and join the YMCA with no joiner's fee. All items will be given to the West Alabama Food Bank.

Poetry Contest

The Bards of Burbank's annual free poetry contest is open for poems 21 lines or less, written on any subject, using any style. Deadline is Nov. 22. Send one poem only to: Bards of Burbank, 2219 W.Olive Ave., #250, Burbank, California, 91506 or enter at www.bardsofburbank.com.

Alabama Fiction Authors

Livingston Press is asking for fiction by Alabama authors for an upcoming anthology. Send up to two stories. There is no entry fee and no purchase required. Deadline is Dec. 30. Professor Don Noble will be the final judge and editor. Mark envelope "Cheaha." Address all work to Livingston Press, Station 22, University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL 35470 or see Web site at www.livingstonpress.uwa.edu.

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